Manns Medium

I often times am surprised by those who say that they speak their minds and are not influenced by personal feelings when it comes to commenting on sporting events.   Many analysts say that they are impartial but then come an event which shows their real colors.   I expect it from everyday fans or those of us who are not paid to sit and critique teams but it is still surprising and somewhat discouraging to hear it coming from them. Almost to a Tee, many of those spoke about above had nothing but mean things to say about the elbow from Ron Artest/World Peace to James Harden during the Lakers Thunder Game   and according to an art5icle written by Kevin Kolczynski of Reuters much of what was quoted could have been contributed to many of these knowledgeable and partial commentators and analysts.   The report quoted NBA Commissioner David Stern as saying “The concussion suffered by James Harden demonstrates the danger posed by violent acts of this kind, particularl...

As a Heat fan, you can bet there were several times that my television came very close to being seriously damaged.   My children probably heard daddy say some things that they had never heard before but what happened at the end brought tears to my eyes. High points of my night was captured best in an article by Dan Devine titled Video: Dwayne Wade remains good at ludicrous no-look flip shots .   In it he mentioned “Wade was unstoppable in the first half.”   “Miami took over late, limiting Boston to just 14 fourth-quarter points and holding Doc Rivers' team scoreless for the final 4:28 of the game.”   But the low points were the defensive miscues and the turnovers that plagued my TV set last night.   There were several instances where you could feel that someone was going to break out and my hope was that it would be the Heat instead of the Celtics but the best part of the entire game came at the very end. Even though I did not care too much for nearly the ...